[TUHS] boot block in v7 bootable on rp06 in simh

[Clem Cole]

Ah I gather you are running on rp0 (ie it's mounted as root).

Do the dd from the standalone system or boot from an rk05

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Will Senn <will.senn at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 12/5/15 11:26 AM, Clem Cole wrote:
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> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Will Senn <will.senn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I am unable to boot from the RP06 disk that I installed into the boot
>> block onto via:
>> dd if=/usr/mdec/hpuboot of=/dev/rp0 count=1
>>
> ​Doing this from memory as couple of issues:
>
> 1.) do an ls -l of /dev/*rp*  you need to use the raw (character) driver
> not the blocked driver
> 2.) I believe the hp/rp driver is partitioned.   Make sure you use the
> proper partition.​
>
>
> Clem,
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> I tried it with the raw device and partition 0. Here are the devices and
> my approach:
>
> # ls /dev/*rp*
> /dev/rp0
> /dev/rp3
> /dev/rrp0
> /dev/rrp3
>
> # /etc/mount /dev/rp3 /usr
> # dd if=/usr/mdec/hpuboot of=/dev/rrp0 count=1 conv=sync
> 0+1 records in
> 1+0 records out
> or
> # dd if=/usr/mdec/hpuboot of=/dev/rrp0 count=1
> 0+1 records in
> 0+1 records out
>
> # sync
> # sync
> # sync
> CTRL-E
>
> Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
> sim> q
> Goodbye
>
> TERRA:bostic-v7 wsenn$ pdp11 nboot.ini
>
> PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Beta        git commit id: 0f43551d
>
> Disabling XQ
>
> Hangs either way!
>
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